Havana vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Havana	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2272	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$375	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$620	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.9	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$488	$4411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	47	94
😀 Quality of life	68	78
🏙️ Population	2.49M	467K

The cost of living in Havana is 68% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6118th and 327th ($918 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 273rd in Cuba and the United States, respectively. Check Cuba vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Havana compared to 1.5 months in Long Beach. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 4455th and 982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Long Beach

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	Havana	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.37	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.07	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$409	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.9	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$509	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.6	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.81	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.34	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.97	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.87	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.99	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.4	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.8	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.5	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8426	$19997

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Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1064
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1014
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1164
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1157
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1114
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1057
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3002
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$855
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1146
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1154
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1097
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3343
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1221
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2905
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2885
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2818
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2774
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2649
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2846
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2622
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2545
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3178
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2543
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2471
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2548
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2588
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2839
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2726
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2788
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2977
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2773
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2813
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2795
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2598
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2794
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2845
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2741
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$3076
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2854

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821